The Alexandrian Free Library, a study in virtual community

Second Life Library Profiles The Alexandrian Free Library A Study in Virtual Community

The Alexandrian Free Library Consortium of Community-based Libraries In, and beyond, Second Life Is a

Libraries for Virtual communities Who We Are Arising from and rooted in the communities we serve

The Caledon Library is a branch of the Alexandrian Free Library

The Steelhead Public Library is a branch of the Alexandrian Free Library

The Winterfell Library is a branch of the Alexandrian Free Library

The Toussaint L'Ouverture Library of New Toulouse is an affiliate of the Alexandrian Free Library

The R.F Burton Library of New Babbage is an affiliate of the Alexandrian Free Library

Presence

Services Commune Consult Aid Abet Advise In, and beyond, Second Life

Exhibits

Collections

Events

Challenges Giving Patrons Something They Can’t Give Themselves

Challenges Fitting in as the iconic library while functioning as a modern library

Challenges Identifying Evolving patron use patterns

Challenges identifying community needs often needs that are not yet in practice

Opportunities Presenting the historical record in ways that are graspable, yet lead in to the broadest vista Finding where Library & Museum techniques meet & supplement each other

Opportunities Pleasures! of Reading, of Knowing Expanding into the age of massive networked digital content Turning the new bibliophile on to what’s Out There

Opportunities Patrons = Partners Third Place Living Imaginative Lives Living Literate Lives Adult play

Images from the Field

SLL2 The Alexandrian Free Library is pleased to be known to be affiliated with The Second Life Library 2.0 Of The Info Island Archipelago Consortial 2

URLs I: Tools
Twitter Box for SL
http://ordinalmalaprop.com/twitter/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/
Blog-HUD Second Life blogging system:
http://bloghud.com/
Caledon Library
http://thelibrarymilitant.net/
Steelhead Public Library
http://library.steelheadcity.us/
Custom Search Engine
http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=015330499799466611175%3Aaf0xg9rscyg
Feedback Gathering
http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/caledon-library-aetheric-opinion-gathering-gizmo/
http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/suggest-a-link-to-the-aether/
http://caledonlibrary.wufoo.com/forms/caledon-library-reference-links
http://tinyurl.com/SteampunkSites

URLs II: Community
Community Forums & Wikis
http://steelheadsentinel.blogspot.com/
http://www.caledonforums.com/
http://www.caledonwiki.com
Community Calendars
http://tinyurl.com/AlexLibCalendar
http://caledoncalendar.com
http://tinyurl.com/SteelheadPLcalendar
Blogosphere
http://caerfyrddin.org/mostlycaledon.htm
YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRj3HNx8_wA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFaeyQqftS0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57nvrgx-24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C7deS8u4J8

Thank you! Jean Hewlet Played by Riven Homewood [email_address] JJ Jacobson Played by JJ Drinkwater [email_address]

The Alexandrian Free Library, a study in virtual community

by JJDrinkwater on Oct 21, 2008

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